Filler injection side effects
With age, the skin begins to lose its vitality, youth, and freshness, and wrinkles begin to form around the eyes, mouth, and forehead, and the cheeks lose their natural fullness, and dark circles form around the eyes, which prompted many women to resort to surgical intervention, in an attempt to combat these The signs, however, are that surgical intervention is costly, and the patient needs a long recovery period, and with the renaissance, development and scientific progress, especially in the field of cosmetics, doctors were able to replace surgical operations with non-surgical means, which is filler injection.
Filler injection
Filler injections are a cosmetic method or means to treat signs of aging in the face, without the presence of surgical intervention. This method restores the skin’s youth, freshness and natural fullness, by injecting it into the cheeks, chin, around the mouth, and under the nose, This method is also used to treat dark circles under the eyes, as it consists of a group of liquid, lipid, or gelatinous chemicals, such as collagen, hyaluronic, and silicone. Fillers are of two types,
The first type is a temporary, non-permanent injection, which is the safest, and its effect lasts about six months to a year.
As for the second type, it is permanent, but it may lead to unwanted complications in the future.
Filler injection side effects
In addition to the desired results of using filler injections as a cosmetic solution, the results differ according to the patient’s condition, his response to treatment, and the chemical or natural substances that were injected into his face. The following are some of the damages caused by filler injections due to wrong practice, and the doctor’s inexperience:
Studies and research have proven that collagen or fatty substances (lipids), used in filler injections, especially in the forehead area or around the eyes, are not safe, and may lead to major problems in the eye and vision, due to the leakage of this substance in some cases to Arteries near the eye, which leads to blockage, and thus the occurrence of strokes.
The emergence of benign tumors, because the antibodies in the body, will begin to fight the cosmetic materials, which will begin to collect inside small vesicles, and these vesicles are removed by surgical intervention.
Allergy, as some patients develop allergies, especially those who are allergic to animal protein; Because collagen is a protein extracted from cowhide.
The appearance of lumps, as a result of not distributing the chemical or natural material correctly, and resulting from the wrong injection method, and these lumps are eliminated through surgical intervention, and thus an incision occurs in the skin to extract these clumps, which left a trace in the skin.
Bruises form. After the filler injection, bleeding occurs under the skin, which appears as a bruise, and it disappears after days.
The occurrence of skin infections, the patient may have to be admitted to the hospital